First, lament, beauty is twilight.
The film is of a very personal kind, mixing science, philosophy with sexuality.
vol.1 is better than vol.2. The problem with vol.2 is that the time span of the story is larger than that of vol.1, and there is no reasonable time to pave the way for the plot, which makes the plot look rather bizarre.
And the ending also feels like this because there is no foreshadowing.
Pay attention to the actor Shia.
There is a worthwhile study on presenting a story purely in sound.
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